GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| rotunda | a round building |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| sheer | unqualified |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |